Illustrated Daughters of Britania : The Public and Private Worlds of the Diplomatic Wife
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Lieferung aus: Vereinigtes Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland, Shipping costs to: USA.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Hanselled Books.
UK: Ted Smart, 2001. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9.25" x 10.25. H/B 192 pages condition is very good. Illustrated Daughters of Britannia is a highly entertaining and moving account or the courteous and unusual women who, for the last 250 years, have been the hidden backbone of the British foreign service. Accompanying their husbands to postings hundreds of miles away from home, these women attempted to bring their civilization and customs with them from ordering English tea and biscuits from the Army & Navy catalogues, to trekking tbrough Chinese Turkistan holding a parasol. In the past the role these women played in diplomatic life went virtually unnoticed. While the experiences of their menfolk were recorded and preserved for posterity, even as far back as tbe sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, what tbe women saw or felt or did is almost unknown. Because they were women, they were simply not considered important enough, and even their presence often went unrecorded. Now, for the first time brilliantly assembled from private letters, memoirs and autobiographies their stories are told. Whether they were writing from Persia or St Petersburg, these women engage us in their daily lives, vividly describing their impressions of diplomatic life, from the most bewildering aspects of court and social etiquette, to their most intimate domestic concerns children, food, houses, servants, pets etc. This new illustrated version of Katie Hickman's acclaimed bestselling book Daughters of Britannia sheds new light on these women's lives. Paintings, photographs and private memorabilia enrich their extraordinary stories, showing the places they travelled to, bow they got there, the clothes they wore, the items they took with them to remind them of home, the events they witnessed and the extraordinary people they met.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Wonder Book.
HarperCollins Illustrated. Used - Like New. Like New condition. Like New dust jacket.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, JULIES BOOKSHOP, DURHAM, Consett, [RE:4].
Shipped from the UK. EXPRESS DELIVERY AVAILABLE AT CHECKOUT. Hardcover.

Lieferung aus: Vereinigtes Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland, plus shipping, Shipping area: EUR.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Goldstone Books, Carms, Ammanford, [RE:4].
Hardcover.

Lieferung aus: Vereinigtes Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland, Shipping costs to: USA.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Brit Books Ltd.
HarperCollins Illustrated. Hardcover. Used; Good. 09/03/2001.